Colorado State Highway 135

The Colorado State Highway 135 (short CO 135 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado, which runs in a north -south direction.

The State Highway begins in Crested Butte and ends after 44.22 kilometers in Gunnison on U.S. Highway 50, the road follows first the Gunnison River and later the East River. It is the only paved road that leads to Crested Butte. About 10 miles behind Gunnison meets the road on the site Almont.

History

The road was built in the 1920s as a connection between Hotchkiss and Gunnison. She led here from State Highway 92 through Paonia and over the Kebler Pass to Crested Butte to Gunnison. The highway was built in 1954 separated on the section on the Kebler Pass and four years later, the completion of the paving of the entire route. The last change in the course takes place in 1970, when the western section of the expansion of State Highway 133 was renamed.